The Botanic Garden
published 1795
Artist
Artist, British, 1757 - 1827
Author, British, 1731 - 1802
Artist, British, 1759 - 1819
Artist, British, 1748 - 1827
Artist, British, active 1773 - probably 1800
Artist, British, 1756 - 1815
Artwork overview
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Medium
2-part work bound in 1 vol: 21 etched and engraved plates, of which 6 were engraved by Blake
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1983.103.11
Associated Artworks
See all 21 artworksHope Attended by Peace, Art, and Labor / Fettered Slave
Thomas Holloway, Anker Smith, Thomas Holloway, Frederick P. Nodder, Samuel Alken
1795
Dionaea Muscipula
Frederick P. Nodder, Anker Smith, Thomas Holloway, Frederick P. Nodder, Samuel Alken
1794
Cupid with Torch and Flower
Thomas Holloway, Anker Smith, Thomas Holloway, Frederick P. Nodder, Samuel Alken
1794
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1983 to the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1921
Keynes 1921, 108.
1959
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.2(1).
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.3(1).
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.4(1).
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.5(1).
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.1(1).
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI pl.6.
Easson & Essick 1972-79, XXXVI.
1977
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C pl.2.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C pl.3.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C pl.1.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C pl.4.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C pl.5.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 450 C.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977:450 C pl.6.
Inscriptions
Title page: The / BOTANIC GARDEN. / A POEM, / IN TWO PARTS. / PART I. / CONTAINING / THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. / PART II. / THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS *